NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2014 In the true spirit of giving, New York City Marines are making sure no child is left without a gift this Christmas.<\/p>\n
The iconic Toys for Tots \u201cRed Bus\u201d rolled into Times Square this week for one of its biggest stops yet outside the Applebee\u2019s at 50th Street and Broadway, where Marines with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve helped load up toys and gifts donated by local supporters.<\/p>\n
More Local News <\/a><\/p>\n Among the holiday highlights: a check for more than $200,000, donated by Doherty-owned Applebee\u2019s restaurants.<\/p>\n \u201cWe welcome families all throughout the year and we want to make sure that every kid in the communities that we serve really has a great Christmas holiday season,\u201d said Timothy Doherty, President of Doherty Enterprises.<\/p>\n From there, Marines began transferring toys from the bright red double-decker \u201cRed Bus\u201d into another truck bound for their warehouse in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n Staff Sergeant Gavin Sun, Assistant Coordinator for Toys for Tots\u2019 NYC campaign, said the Marine volunteers teamed up with locals all across the city to collect donations.<\/p>\n \u201cWe actually partnered up with the Big Bus and went around multiple different stops collecting toys,\u201d Sun said. \u201cThere were a lot of willing New Yorkers that went inside the stores, most of them were Five Below\u2019s and came back out to provide us with those donations.\u201d<\/p>\n Once the toys arrive at the warehouse, Sun says they undergo a rigorous process before reaching families in need.<\/p>\n